Monthly Archives: November 2013

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (John 17:14) How seriously am I supposed to take this kind of statement … Continue reading →

At 11 years of age, her mother sold her to a man who said he would take good care of her. He bought her young brother and sister, as well.  He was a trafficker. After using them for a time … Continue reading →

The unwritten rule that men will never ask anyone for directions is universal.  We drove for two hours on mountain roads that were little more than goat trails. I asked my Haitian driver only twice, “are you sure you know … Continue reading →

                                                “The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own.   But a caged bird stands on … Continue reading →